So last week I was in Stockholm for an astrophysics workshop titled “Lyman-alpha as an astrophysical tool“. I took plenty of pictures both during the meeting and in our free time. I still need to go through the whole set, but here goes just one of the pictures for the time being.
Here are a few pictures from a workshop held last week in Oxford, which saw some of the leading scientists working on the next generation of instruments and telescopes converging in one place to discuss the latest developments. The workshop was made possible by the generous support of Philip Wetton. The inaugural Philip Wetton lecture, associated with the workshop, was delivered this year by the Wetton Professor Roger Davies.
On Saturday, 21st January, Oxford Astrophysics held the event “Stargazing Oxford” as part of the BBC’s Stargazing LIVE string of events across the country. It was an occasion that brought together the whole of Astrophysics at Oxford (and many people from the Physics department at large) to bring astronomy to the general public. The hugely successful event saw about 1,200 people attending, which makes you think that the particle physicists were quite right when they said that astronomers have it easy when it comes to public outreach! But joking aside, I
This is the Denys Wilkinson Building – the place from where I work every day (unless I’m working from college). It goes without saying that architecturally it’s strikingly different than all the other old buildings in Oxford – and indeed, many are those who frown upon the very existence of this “hideous” building in an otherwise picturesque medieval university town. Case in point, when I was taking this picture, an old man who happened to be walking by stopped and remarked, “Surely you’re not taking a picture of THAT building! It’s
